Re: Should cats be controlled : Sun Feb 03, 2013 10:19 pm  

I've absolutely nothing against people keeping cats, but like any pets they should be kept under control - If they are unable to do this then they should not moan if their pets are treated as the pests that they are.

Personally, I've always found that a plate of catfood laced with fish hooks is a handy way of seeing the little buggers off....

Re: Should cats be controlled : Sun Feb 03, 2013 11:03 pm  

Dita's Slot Meter wrote:

Personally, I've always found that a plate of catfood laced with fish hooks is a handy way of seeing the little buggers off....

Yeah, who wants cats eating the catfood you've left in your garden for no reason.

Re: Should cats be controlled : Mon Feb 04, 2013 12:49 am  

Dita's Slot Meter wrote:

I've absolutely nothing against people keeping cats, but like any pets they should be kept under control - If they are unable to do this then they should not moan if their pets are treated as the pests that they are.

Personally, I've always found that a plate of catfood laced with fish hooks is a handy way of seeing the little buggers off....

Washed down with anti freeze.

Re: Should cats be controlled : Mon Feb 04, 2013 2:12 am  

Dita's Slot Meter wrote:

I've absolutely nothing against people keeping cats, but like any pets they should be kept under control - If they are unable to do this then they should not moan if their pets are treated as the pests that they are.

Personally, I've always found that a plate of catfood laced with fish hooks is a handy way of seeing the little buggers off....

Or my wife. She's seen many a cat out of our garden. These days they tend to scoot through and not hang around. Sensible of them.

I actually love cats. And dogs. All animals really. Except horses. Horses are evil.

Oh and in reference to earlier posts, there is actually a mad old woman round here who walks her cat on a leash. The poor downtrodden thing looks seriously p ssed off, and she lets it crap everywhere.

Re: Should cats be controlled : Mon Feb 04, 2013 8:42 am  

so, not only do we have religious fundamentalists, bigots, racists, homophobes and xenophobes, but also people who would be cruel and generally inhumane . What wonderful people some RLFans are.

Re: Should cats be controlled : Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:00 am  

Standee wrote:

so, not only do we have religious fundamentalists, bigots, racists, homophobes and xenophobes, but also people who would be cruel and generally inhumane . What wonderful people some RLFans are.

Standee in pseudo-socialist mode.

Re: Should cats be controlled : Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:12 am  

I have nothing against cats, but I am more of a dog person. I have nothing against cats chasing and killing birds and mice, thats what they do, thats their instinct and millions of years of that behavior is not going to change no matter how much they have been domesticated and I would never hurt any animal no matter what they did.

I do everything I possibly can not to allow my dogs to chase cats. I use head collars so they don't pull me over and I can be in full control. If I see a cat before they do I use the distraction technique (lots of treats and "look at me's") but if they chase a cat while on our field off lead then I can't do anything about that and to be honest the cat always "wins" by jumping a wall, running faster etc

The thing that really bothers me though is that cats are allowed to roam, wander nonchalantly across busy roads and do their business in other peoples gardens without consequence. I am required by law to be in full control of my dogs, have them on a lead on or near a road and always pick up their business and dispose. We have a cat down our close who goes in my garden in the same spot and to be honest, its business is no different in shape or size to what my dogs do, yet if I let my dog "go" in a neighbours garden without picking up I could potentially be prosecuted and fined upto £1000. Poo is poo and still can be potentially lethal no matter if from cat or dog if ingested into the stomach so why are cat owners totally exoneriated from picking up?

Re: Should cats be controlled : Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:28 am  

Hull White Star wrote:

... Poo is poo and still can be potentially lethal no matter if from cat or dog if ingested into the stomach so why are cat owners totally exoneriated from picking up?

Valid point.
My garden is frequented by cats from a nearby street where none of the houses have gardens ... hence we can deduce that the owners have acquired cats presuming that a litter tray will suffice.
Any cat that is let out at night will revert to natural behaviour.

I don't mind that much if they bury their waste, it soons degrades under the soil, but one little bugger doesn't bury it.
I hate that little sod.
And it knows me now too, it pushes off sharpish whenever and wherever it sees me.

Re: Should cats be controlled : Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:34 am  

Not a cat or a dog person.
Never had them, never will.

I appreciate greyhounds because they give me an occasional night out and a flutter.

Re: Should cats be controlled : Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:43 am  

El Barbudo wrote:

Valid point.
My garden is frequented by cats from a nearby street where none of the houses have gardens ... hence we can deduce that the owners have acquired cats presuming that a litter tray will suffice.
Any cat that is let out at night will revert to natural behaviour.

I don't mind that much if they bury their waste, it soons degrades under the soil, but one little bugger doesn't bury it.
I hate that little sod.
And it knows me now too, it pushes off sharpish whenever and wherever it sees me.

I've given up on replacing plants that have been ripped up by cats and had to slate most of the front garden to try and stop them using it as a toilet. Now they've started using the lawn at the back !!.